Show Progress in Transcontinental Travel Since Days of Prairie Schooners Recalled by Inauguration of New v West East Plane Schedules Speeding over the San Francisco Salt Lake New Lake York airway in 28 hours passenger and mall mal planes of the United Air Lines are arc climaxing a century of transcontinental development dc that had Its beginning be ginning early In the century when lumbering prairie schooners slowly pushed westward over the now historic Overland trail I The inauguration of or the hour 28 I I eastbound and the hour 31 westbound schedules between between be direct air passenger tween the Pacific and coasts recalls the steady development since the days of the old west The ox team of 1830 required six months to complete the journey to the Pacific The next step was the establishment establish ment of ot stage coach lines in 1856 1850 the coaches coach requiring three weeks for the trip In 1860 the colorful pony express riders raced from the Missouri river to Sacramento in 11 days With the iron horse blazing the trail the first transcontinental railroad roll rail road was completed In 1869 In the early days trains traveled from New NewYork NewYork NewYork York to California in seven days The development of the New York York- Salt L San Lake Francisco air line has been rapid It was started by the postoffice postoffice post post- office department in 1920 The following following fol fol- fol lowing year the mall maU was carried from coast to coast in hi 60 00 hours Three planes a a. day are operated east and west out of Salt Lake Two planes a day in each cach direction carry the mail mall and have accommodation for two p passengers engers while the trio trl- I motored 12 passenger planes make one trip daily dolly in each direction All AU of or the planes make connections with planes to Los Angeles Portland and Seattle and Idaho and Montana points |